Stray dog snared in wire rescued by officials
The Yomiuri Shimbun
TOKUSHIMA--A wounded stray dog with a wire coiled around its neck
was rescued in Anan, Tokushima Prefecture, on Thursday, city
officials said.
At about 7 p.m. Thursday, health center workers responded to a
phone call, and found a female dog caught inside a trap at a
parking lot in the city. Near the trap was a male dog with a
1.1-meter-long wire coiled around its neck. The officials spent two
hours trying to capture the dog but ended up getting a veterinarian
to tranquilize it.
The dog had a cut three centimeters to four centimeters deep around
its neck, but is expected to recover in a few weeks. The dog is
believed to be 5 years old and weighs 16 kilograms.
"We'll see if it will be able to make a good pet for a new owner,
after its recovery," an official at the Tokushima Prefectural
Animal Welfare Center said.
(Feb. 4, 2007)